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'It was clearly a human assault on the species': The fate of the great auk
Great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were large flightless birds that thrived on rocky islands in the North Atlantic for thousands ...
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Review: Grieve on the Great Auk, or Garefowl
Reviewed Work: The Great Auk, or Garefowl (Alca impennis linn.) Its History, Archæology and Remains by Symington Grieve, Thomas C. Jack Review by: L. S.
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When worlds collide: the lesson of the great auk
Pictured below is the last remaining specimen of a British great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the nineteenth century. It is a lesson in what can happen to an ocean-dwelling ...
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Why you should explore the lost land of the auk – Britain’s most underrated destination
As I clambered over a step-stile, Papa Westray’s maritime heath opened up ahead, colonies of Scottish primrose creating a parti-coloured island view, gently sagging on three sides to the coast.